In the Matter of the Guardianship and Conservatorship of Stuart Kennedy (Involuntary) Stuart Kennedy v. Maria Kennedy

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• applying doctrine of “constitutional avoidance” and adopting view of statute that would avoid “serious due process concerns”
• considering dismissal of the appeal on mootness grounds even when there are no grounds for dismissal under rule 6.1006(1)(a)
• interpreting a statute to avoid doubts as to constitutionality when constitutional argument not raised
• interpreting a statute to avoid doubts as to constitutionality when constitutional argument not raised
• finding a guardian sterilizing a ward without court involvement raises “serious due process concerns”
• applying the principle of constitutional avoidance to interpret a statute to require advance court approval of a guardian’s decision to sterilize an intellectually disabled person because any other approach “would raise serious due process concerns”

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